Curling-iron heater



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H. G. LEVY CURLING IRON HEATER Filed March 7, 1924 //\k vEA/Toe H nri G Lew Patented Apr. 10, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRI G. LEVY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO MONO ABBAMSON AND HENRI G. LEVY, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE FIRM NAME AND STYLE OF ELEC- TRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CURLING-IRON HEATER.

Application filed March 7, 1924. Serial No. 697,451.

This invention relates particularly to a heater in which a plurality ofcurling irons can be heated either electrically, or by gas l flame.

An object of the invention is to provide a curling iron heater for heating a plurality of curling irons in a sanitary and ellicient manner, and having means thereon for supporting the curling irons, or a pan, in

a warming position.

A further object of the invention is to provide a curling iron heater that will be superior in point of simplicity, inexpensiveness of construction, positiveness of operation,

and facility and convenience in use and general efiiciency. Other objects and advantages will appear as this description progresses.

In this specification and the annexed drawings, the invention is illustrated inthe form considered to be the best, but it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to such form,- becanse it may be embodied in other forms, and it is also to be understood that in and by the claims following the description, it is desired to cover the invention in whatsoever form it may be embodied.

In the accompanying one sheet of drawings:

Fig. 1 represents a perspective view of an electric curling iron heater, construct-ed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspectlve View of a gas flame curling iron heater. The devlce comprises generally a housing whichis supported in spaced relation to a.

base and which is provided with means for heating a curling iron. In detail the construction illustrated in the drawings the device comprises a sheet of insulation material 1, forming a base or support for a pair of spaced brackets or' end members 2 and 3 preferably in the form of supports, which are secured to said base by means of screws or other appropriate fastening means. The inner faces of each of the end supports 2 and 3 are recessed at 4 to provide a depression into which the ends of the casing '6 are mounted. The interiorv of the casing 6 between-the brackets 2 and 3 are provided with a heating element in the form of a tubular insulator such as lavite, asbestos, or other equivalent material 7, therein forming a receptacle 9, around the outside of which resistance wire 14 is wound. The casing 6 is preferably shaped to enclose a pair of receptacles 8 and 10 on each side of the central heating coil and said receptacles 8, 9 and 10 register with openings 11, 12 and 13 formed in the end member 2, and through which the ends of curling irons may be inserted. The end members 2 and 3 are held together by means of stay bolts 50 and 51- arranged alongside the heating coil 7, said bolts also serving to separate the receptacles 8, 9 and 10 and to prevent the curling irons being placed into contact with the heating wire in the insulator 7. The insulator? and wire 14 forms a heating unit into which an article may be inserted to be heated, while the receptacles 8 and 10 will be useful to receive articles to be warmed by the heat radiated from the wire around the receptacle 9. One terminal of the wire14 is secured to the binding post 15 while the opposite terminal of the wire 14 is attached to the binding post 16 of a source of electric supply. Although I have shown and described the electrical. heater provided with a plurality of receptacles therein, it would be clearly within the purview of the invention to substitute by a single heating receptacle.

Each of the spaced end members 2 and 3, on opposite sides thereof, are provided with laterally extendingracks 19 and 20 forming means on which the ends of spare curling irons can be supported. The upper sides of each of the brackets 2 and 3 are shaped to conform to the outer contours of the receptacles 8, 9 and 10 'for the two-fold purpose of reducing the quantity of metal necessary to form the bracket, and also to provide a rack or support on which spare curling irons,

or a pan to be warmed, can be supported. .A

pair of upwardly extending projections or lugs 21 and 22 are arranged on each of the brackets 2 and 3 on the opposite sides-there: of, the said projections extending upwardly a uniform distance so that the ends thereof will lie, substantially, on the same plane. In the spaces between the projections 21 and 22 spare curling irons can be placed. The"pr0- jections 21' and 22 extend upwardly ardistance suflieient to clear the upper sides of any curling irons which may be supported thereon, and also permit a pan, or other flat bottomed receptacle, to be supported for warming purposes.

WVhen it would be desired'to heat a curling iron it is inserted into the receptacle 9, and

when once heated may be removed and placed in either of the warming receptacles Sand 10' or on the supporting racks on the top or sides of the brackets 2 and 3. In the event that the hair of a person were to be.

dyed with chemicals, it is desirable that the hair dye be warmed or heated rior-to ts application to the hair. Thepan or contaming'the dyes to be warmed could be rested on top of the projections 21 and 22 on the brackets 2 and 3, and the heat from the wire coils around the receptacles would be sufficient to warm the dyes to the desired degree. Space exists between the bottom of the pan and the racks to permit the placing of the curling irons therein and supporting the same inreadiness for use.

In the modified form of curling iron heater shown in Fig. 3, I have provided a base 30, on one side of which and at both ends thereof, a pair of end members 31 and 32 are arranged. A metal casing 33 is interposed between the brackets, said casing being supported at its opposite ends in recesses provided in the end members. The housing 33 is open between its bottom edges to receive a cylindrical burner 34 mounted at its opposite ends in the respective end members 31 and 32. The burner 34 consists of a hollow member having a row of perforations along its upper side and one end of the burner 34 is connected to a control valve 36 communieating with a gas supply pipe 36.

The upper side of the casing 33 is provided With a plurality of openings 37 therethrough for the purpose to be hereinafter described. A pair of hollow pipes 38 and 39 are mounted between the brackets 31 and 32 upwardly into the interior of the casing 33, in and around the receptacles 38 and 39, and flow outwardly through the openings 37 along the top of the housing 33. Curling irons positioned in the receptacles 38 and 39 are heated in a sanitary and effective manner, the same as if placed in the electrically heated receptacles shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Racks 40 are provided on the. sides of the brackets 31 and 32 and rack projections 41 are provided on the upper ends of said brackets, to receive spare curling irons or irons desired to be held in a warmed condition. The rack projections 41 on the upper edges of the end members 31 and 32 lie in a horizontal plane and provide a support on which a pan or other equivalent device might be supported.

Having thus described this invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a heating device of the class described, the combination of a main heating compartment for receiving and heating a device to be heated, an auxiliary heating compartment associated in heat absorbing relationship with said main heating-compartment for receiving the device and maintaining the heated condition thereof, and a single heater for both of said compartments, said heater being disposed in the main heating compartment and heating said main compartment to a higher temperature than said auxiliary compartment so that the temperature of the device may be maintained in the auxiliary compartment Without overheating the device.

2. A curling iron heater comprising a housing including a pair of apertured end I members, electrical heating means within said housing, a plurality of pro]ect1ons on each end member forming aplanar support HENRI LEVY. 

